ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,341, issued on March 31, was assigned to HYDAC FILTERTECHNIK GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).
"Filter device and filter element" was invented by Volkmar Klein (Zweibrucken, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter device includes a filter head, a replaceable filter element, and a filter bowl for mounting the replaceable filter element. The replaceable filter element includes a compensation device configured to act between the filter head and the replaceable filter element. The compensation device includes a gimbal bearing for establishing a fluid connection with the filter head."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2022, under Ap...